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'''en-US''' means U.S. English. | '''en-US''' means U.S. English. | ||
The microformats wiki re-uses the [http://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/#Spelling W3C Manual of Style Spelling Editorial Guideline] and thus uses U.S. English for page names, and contents of English-language pages, although British-English spellings {{must}} be preserved if originally used in: | The microformats wiki re-uses the [http://www.w3.org/2001/06/manual/#Spelling W3C Manual of Style Spelling Editorial Guideline] and thus uses U.S. English for page names, and contents of English-language pages, although [[en-gb|British-English]] spellings {{must}} be preserved if originally used in: | ||
* proper nouns | * proper nouns | ||
* direct quotations | * direct quotations | ||
* discussion opinions or comments signed by a speaker known to use British-English | |||
* transcribed audio, where the speaker is known to use British-English | * transcribed audio, where the speaker is known to use British-English | ||
* URLs | * URLs | ||
* user pages | * user pages | ||
== FAQ == | |||
See [[en-us-faq]]. | |||
==To do== | ==To do== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[en-gb]] | |||
* [[naming-conventions]] | * [[naming-conventions]] | ||
* [[how-to-play]] | * [[how-to-play]] | ||
Revision as of 20:24, 15 May 2012
<entry-title>en-US</entry-title>
en-US means U.S. English.
The microformats wiki re-uses the W3C Manual of Style Spelling Editorial Guideline and thus uses U.S. English for page names, and contents of English-language pages, although British-English spellings MUST be preserved if originally used in:
- proper nouns
- direct quotations
- discussion opinions or comments signed by a speaker known to use British-English
- transcribed audio, where the speaker is known to use British-English
- URLs
- user pages
FAQ
See en-us-faq.
To do
You can help to implement this policy.